About Me

I like: Knitting. Sewing. Cake. Tea. The V&A. Lilies. Cornwall.
I dont like: Marmite. Coriander. Being cold. London Underground.
I'm a Jack(ie)of all trades. From a mis-spent youth at art school, I can sew, needle felt, Weld, knit, cross-stitch, and get myself caught up in a variety of other crafts! I also bake, can make jam, (but never bother!) and am scouring the world for a great flapjack recipe!
Not sure what I want this to be- an online diary? a journal of my craft projects? An outlet to have a strop?
Will just start typing, and popping up pictures of stuff I like, and see what happens!
Oh, and I'm Kdot6 on Ravelry!
And my birthday is (international) Talk Like a Pirate Day. No really, it exists! And it is my birthday!

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Saturday, 9 May 2009

I'm gonna ache in the morning...

Today, I have gardened. A lot. And not the nice pottering about in the soil, tending to flowers type, but the digging kind. But I now have most of my garden ready for the plants to go in, for the summer. Ive dug over beds, added compost and manure, and made wigwams for climbers.

The tall one is for runner beans, the shorter for French beans.

Theres another for sweet peas, in a pot, and one by a wall for tomatoes. Theres still some sticks left, for more tomatoes, but it was getting on for 6 by the time these were up, so they'll wait till tomorrow.

My mum came over this morning, to bring over a dress I ordered from the Dorothy Perkins website, and had delivered to her address. So she also brought over a few courgette and cucumber plants, to add to the piles I already have! I'd already been out to do my shopping, so we sat drinking tea, eating what are possibly the best hot cross buns (a year round thing in my family) I've ever had. They're from Percy Ingle - a fantastic chain of bakeries, originally from Leyton, but now spread over East London, Herts and Essex. I like to think it's supporting a local business, while getting great bread and cakes. As she'd travelled all that way, I had to send my mum back with a couple, but kept a few for myself for the weekend, to keep me going through more gardening tomorrow...

At least I've Monday to look forward to - Due to the Bank holidays and too much holiday left at the end of the year at work, I'm not working any Mondays in May! Yay for three day weekends!